Melee weapons

The Melee weapons are rated on a tier system which determines how powerful the weapon is.

When a Scroll of Upgrade is used on a weapon, the damage goes up and the strength requirement goes down, but the tier, accuracy, and delay values will remain the same.

As with armor, rings, melee-equipped wands, and the Boomerang, melee weapons also degrade after extensive use, and will "break", once their durability bar turns fully red, making them perform worse (the upgrade value will remain the same, however - e.g. +3 Sword → "Broken +3 Sword"). They will then need to be repaired to be of effective use again.

Weapon Generation

Tips

Equipping weapons that are too heavy will slow the Hero/ine down, allowing enemies to strike more than once, and the Hero/ine will likely miss most of the time.However, as Marsupial rats do little damage, melee-ing them can help identify a new weapon, at low risk, even if the Hero/ine may often miss.

Farming:

You can slay Skeletons; they drop all kinds of weapons.A good drop can give you a high-tier upgraded weapon, but this is rare.

If you need an enchanted weapon, you can find and slay an Animated statue.The statue will drop a pre-identified enchanted weapon.